Informed Regarding the Occurrence of the Occultationحَدَّثَنَا أَبِي رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى الْمَدِينِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام قَالَ: جَاءَ يَهُودِيٌّ إِلَى عُمَرَ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ مَسَائِلَ فَأَرْشَدَهُ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عليه السلام لِيَسْأَلَهُ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام سَلْ فَقَالَ أَخْبِرْنِي كَمْ يَكُونُ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّكُمْ مِنْ إِمَامٍ عَدْلٍ وَ فِي أَيِّ جَنَّةٍ هُوَ وَ مَنْ يَسْكُنُ مَعَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام يَا هَارُونِيُّ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص بَعْدَهُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ إِمَاماً عَدْلًا لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ خِذْلَانُ مَنْ خَذَلَهُمْ وَ لَا يَسْتَوْحِشُونَ بِخِلَافِ مَنْ خَالَفَهُمْ أَثْبَتُ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ الرَّوَاسِي وَ مَنْزِلُ مُحَمَّدٍ ص فِي جَنَّةِ عَدْنٍ وَ الَّذِينَ يَسْكُنُونَ مَعَهُ هَؤُلَاءِ الِاثْنَا عَشَرَ فَأَسْلَمَ الرَّجُلُ وَ قَالَ أَنْتَ أَوْلَى بِهَذَا الْمَجْلِسِ مِنْ هَذَا أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَفُوقُ وَ لَا تُفَاقُ وَ تَعْلُو وَ لَا تُعْلَى.
Narrated to us my father 
: Narrated to us Abdullah bin Ja’far Himyari from Muhammad bin Isa from Abdur Rahman bin Abi Hashim from ibn Abi Yahya Madyani from Abi Abdullah that he said:
“A Jew came to Umar and asked him some questions. Umar sent him to Ali . He asked Ali : Tell me how many just Imams there will be after your prophet? In which Paradise your prophet will be? And who all will stay with him there? Ali said: O Harooni, there will be twelve just Imams after Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and they will be such that the opposition of the people will neither discourage them nor make them afraid.
They shall be more steadfast on the religion of Allah than a mountain. Muhammad ﷺ will be in Adn Paradise and these twelve will live with him. The Jew accepted Islam and said: In this gathering you are better than this man (Umar), you are the highest and no one is more excellent than you.”
